Thermal, CA – February 16, 2025 – The first to go was the best to go in Sunday, February 16’s $32,000 Platinum Performance CSI3* 1.45m Classic. Great Britian’s Sameh El Dahan and WKD Aimez Moi led the class from beginning to end to take home victory in the final CSI3*...
It has been eight years since Meg O’Mara was last actively competing in the sport, but when Piper Kulkin wanted to contest the barnstyle Team Equitation Classic, she knew who to call on. Kulkin tapped the 2012 USEF Hunter Seat Medal Final winner to be her teammate,...
Roughly seven months ago, Keri Potter received a call from U.S. Olympian Karl Cook asking her to take on a project horse. As Potter recalls, that project horse, Kalimera van de Nethe Z, “didn’t really want to jump many jumps at all” at the time. Fast forward to today,...
Thermal, CA – February 15, 2025 – This week marked Conor Swail’s first time jumping One Edition in FEI competition, so Swail considered February 15’s $117,000 Premier Equestrian CSI3* Grand Prix a “fact-finding mission.” At the end of the Saturday afternoon class at...
Canada’s Samantha Buirs-Darvill and Maria 111 cranked up the heat to win a prize designed to cool down in Friday’s $10,000 YETI CSI3* 1.45m Speed at Desert Circuit 6. With a time of 67.27 seconds Buirs-Darvill rode away with the victory – and a new set of YETI...
Thermal, CA – February 14, 2025 – This Valentine’s Day, the judges loved Full Moon Fever – and with good reason. With Karli Postel in the irons, the gelding put in a standout performance to clinch the win in the $49,900 USHJA International Hunter Derby, sponsored by...